[Zope-dev] Zope 2.2.0 alpha 1 released...

Anthony Baxter Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au>
Tue, 16 May 2000 23:56:45 +1000


>>> Brian Lloyd wrote
> To me, the more hairy issue is what if Joe *does* exist in the
> different Zope installation, and you *do* want Joe to continue
> to have ownership? Currently, you must either arrange for Joe
> to do the import (which will give him ownership directly), or
> import it and use an external method to assign ownership (which
> is a pain). One thing we've thought of is that perhaps superuser
> (and only superuser) could be able to assign ownership through
> a web interface, which could make this sort of thing a bit 
> easier.

Hm. How about some sort of toggle that allows an import to maintain
ownership from the import file? Course, you need to specify who is 
_allowed_ to set that toggle, or else anyone who can import can set 
up any ownership that they like.

Anthony
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